Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Plakobranchidae > Genus Thuridilla

Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thuridilla*	Bergh, 1872	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Actaeon hopei*	Vérany, 1853	synonym
*Elysia cyanea*	Mamo, 1867	synonym
*Elysia splendida*	Grube, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gestreepte vleugelslak

English: splendid elysia; splendid velvet snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: gestreifte Flügelschnecke; Pracht-Samtschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Carmona, L.; Malaquias M. A. E.; Gosliner T. M.; Pola M.; Cervera J. L. (2011). Amphi-atlantic distributions and cryptic species in sacoglossan sea slugs. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77: 401-412.
additional source	Furfaro G., Modica M.V., Oliverio M., Cervera J.L. & Mariottini P. (2014). Phenotypic diversity of Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853) (Gastropoda Heterobranchia Sacoglossa). A DNA-barcoding approach. Biodiversity Journal. 5(2): 117-130.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139687